MATRIXSYNTH: Sunday, December 11, 2011

Sunday, December 11, 2011

IDOW & MATRIXSYNTH Modular Pic of the Week - Week 7 Contest Winner!

"Our seventh winner of the Modular Pic of the Week contest goes to Roger Grønberg for his 'Guro Sandvik.'   Roger runs the studio & production company Frodebeats, from Oslo, Norway. "At frodebeats production headquarters we like spending all day doing sound design with modular synths."

For more info, please check Frodebeats' website: http://www.frodebeats.com/

We'd like to give a big thanks and congratulations to Roger Grønberg for his submission! This is the 7th week of a 30-week contest, and we are looking forward to many more modular photo submissions, so please keep 'em coming! For details on how to submit and what you can win, see this post.

For more info on the upcoming 'I Dream of Wires' documentary, be sure to see the trailer and IndieGoGo fund raising campaign here.

See the IDOW label for all posts pertaining to the film including the weekly contest winners."

Lemur iPad app - step sequencer with Reason 6 granular patch

YouTube Uploaded by PeffTV on Dec 11, 2011

"adapted the stepSeq_4 module from the JazzMutant team to create a multi value step sequencer that triggers a granular combinator patch in Reason 6. This is definitely a way to obtain more musical results from the Lemur - Reason combination, but it lacks transport synchronization.

The granular patch is a derivation of one posted years ago on the propellerhead website."

iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay

Synth Spotting with The New Division

ARTKRAFTPROMO.mp4

YouTube Uploaded by tnewdivision on Jul 26, 2010

Waldorf XTK, Alesis Ion & controllers.

The New Division - True Lies OFFICIAL VIDEO

Uploaded by tnewdivision on Sep 22, 2011

Starfield

Uploaded by tnewdivision on May 28, 2011

SammichSID Synthesizer

via this auction

"This was built from a MIDIBox board kit and contains two SID chips from the Commodore 64. The SIDStation is very similar, only two to three times more expensive. SID Chips are becoming increasingly rare, and the kits from which this SammichSID was assembled are to be discontinued in January, so you can expect the SammichSID to become more valuable in the future. Comes with its power adapter."

DR. BÖHM SOLIST-S vintage rhythm machine / accompaniment 1973 | HQ DEMO

YouTube Uploaded by AnalogAudio1 on Dec 11, 2011

"The Boehm (Dr. Böhm) Solist-S is a German analog rhythm box / accompaniment from 1973. It was designed for electronic organs. It has a great analog sound!"

Ximena Sariñana - Maps

YouTube Uploaded by geradarkpunk on Sep 21, 2011

Critter & Guitari, Korg & Clavia, sexy shorts, The Rolling Stones.

Patterns + Pleasure Festival: Author & Punisher

"Day 1: Concert 4
STEIM @ Frascati
Amsterdam NL
26 Sep 2011
patternsandpleasure.steim.org/2011/08/17/author-punisher-us/"

Patterns+Pleasure Festival: toktek vs. Simon Berz

"Day 1: Concert 3
STEIM @ Frascati
Amsterdam NL
26 Sep 2011
patternsandpleasure.steim.org/2011/08/17/toktek-nl-vs-simon-berz-ch/"

Chroma Polaris Broken Ribbon Cable

flickr By scott3eh

"Inside my Fender Chroma Polaris and the 2 broken ribbon cables."

RYTMIK Original Edition: The Dark Side Drum'n'Bass

YouTube Uploaded by LuckyButtonPusher on Dec 11, 2011

"Impressions from the Dark Side.

- Rytmik DSiWare (Original Edition)
- JVC HD Camera
- Audacity"

Festa In Soffitta - '80s Italo with Emulator, Juno-60, Memorymoog and DMX

YouTube Uploaded by SynthManiaDotCom on Dec 10, 2011

"People ask me to post more Italo Disco synth demos, so here you go. A song in the typical early/mid '80s style.
E-mu Emulator: orchestra hit, Synclavier
Roland Juno-60: synth bass, synth strings
Moog Memorymoog: synth brass, syn vox
Oberheim DMX: drum machine"

A Bleeping Xmas to All!!

A Thingamagoop 2 Christmas tree ornament via Gregg on the Bleep Labs Facebook site.

The Modular THEREMIN WAND

via this auction

"new modular theremin very easy to use ,self contained ,just attach a 9v battery.Mount these units anywhere!! in yer modular synth in yer guitar on yer ceiling in yer wall!!! make your own freaky theremin machine!!! THEREMIN WAND WORKS WITH ANY LIGHT SOURCE (so finding or making tripped out lamps to use is FUN!!) the theremin wand uses STANDARD GUITAR CABLES easy to use WORKS GREAT WITH EFFECTS PEDALS check out the videos to see how these sound!!! sold as istheremins used in the videos are not panel mount theremins but use the same DeMenTialaBs THEREMIN WANDS and sound very similar"

circuit bent theremin machine

YouTube Uploaded by SuperRoss007 on Apr 13, 2011

Googly eyes in the end.

licht sturm theremin

Uploaded by SuperRoss007 on Mar 16, 2011

Dimentia Labs

Demo/cover of Jean Michel Jarre played on the vintage analog Roland JUNO-60.

YouTube Uploaded by magevers on Dec 11, 2011

"Demo JUNO-60 live recorded and played by hand and recorded with SONAR.
Al sounds and efx's are from the JUNO-60.
Drums: TR-606
Phaser: EHX small stone
Reverb/delay: SONAR 8"

Cynthia - Free VST synth

YouTube Uploaded by vstplanet on Dec 11, 2011

"Cynthia - http://www.vstplanet.com/News/11/Cynthia
Developer: ninecows.dk/cynthia"

Also see: Synthia2 - Free EMS Synthi VST

Notron Latronic MIDI Sequencer

via this auction

Dark Mode - All KORG DS-10 Album

"Made entirely on the Nintendo DS with no post-processing."

http://decktonic.bandcamp.com/album/dark-mode

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Nintendo DSi on eBay
Nintendo DSi on Amazon
KORG DS-10 on eBay

12 days of Modular- #11 Amplitude Modulation

YouTube Uploaded by raulsworldofsynths on Dec 1, 2011

"The 12 days of Modular. A series of 12 videos themed around Modular Synthesis and sound. Demonstration of Amplitude Modulation accompanying waveform view. Sound and Video by Raul Pena"

All parts here.

Korg DSS-1 with Custom SD Drive For Sale

YouTube Uploaded by KillKyleWeiss on Jan 6, 2011

You might remember this one from this previous post. Kyle wrote in to let us know it is for sale. For details contact Kyle here.

Modded Polivoks

via Motion soundscape where you'll find more pics and additional details.

"Well known soviet analog synthesizer Polivoks modified for creating strange sequences. Keyboard was removed, but can use as separate module thru cable connection (it's not MIDI keyboard, so can use only with the main module). Instead of the keyboard, installed a front panel with controls of additional synthesizer modules. All new additional modules can be bypassed and synthesizer will sound as original (even better)."

inside a Polivoks

Rare Roboterwerke X-Tender

via this auction
"x-tender 1 (instant percussion system)
input: pitchbend, sensitivity
vco: pitch, mixer, dyn. range, vibrato depth, decy sweep
vcf: cutoff-freq., resonate, mode (lp, bp, hp, br), decay-sweep, vibrato depth

env/bal: sinewave decay, balance (vcf-channel, sine-channel), vcf-channel decay
vib/s&h: sample mode (dy-volt., random, pe-dal), shape-switch (ich denke mal sägezahn/rechteck)
basic gain, volume
frontseitig input (6,3 mm jack), rückseitig output high und low (je 6,3 mm jack), multiway jack (sub-d 25), kolb effekt (6,3 mm jack), 220 volt a.c., fuse (0,2 amp.)"

This one spotted by Hajo.

Roland Jupiter 6 Synthesizer

via this auction

Physynth for iPad Coming December 15

Physynth testing

YouTube Uploaded by SimianSquared on Dec 11, 2011

"One of our testers having a go with a couple of Soundscape ideas in Physynth."

iPads on eBay

Korg RK-100 MIDI controller/keytar SN 009335

via this auction

analogsd (RSS) |

"The unit has been modified to run off of a single 9v battery whereas is previously required 6 AA batteries. The RK-100 has stood the test of time, as it is still one of the highest quality keytar/MIDI controllers available and it is definitely to coolest looking."

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Vintage Yamaha CS-60 analog synthesizer

via this auction

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Circuit Bent Dream Dazzlers Keyboard by freeform delusion

YouTube Uploaded by eecouk on Dec 11, 2011

"now on eBay worldwide shipping

Dream Dazzlers
switched 1/4inch jack output
flashing rainbow LED
pitch up/down control
feedback control
switchable feedback/noise1 with momentary button option
chaos glitch control
heavy distortion switch
noise/synth 2&3 with control"

Detachment Three Engineering Archangel 1.0 Teaser

YouTube Uploaded by det3synth on Dec 10, 2011

"Quick teaser of Archangel prototype "Sacrificial Lamb" (#1) using 1.0 firmware. Quick bit of trivia: We use names for all of our prototypes instead of numbers, and the first prototype of any product we develop is called "Sacrificial Lamb".

Shipping in early 2012!"

Schneidersbuero Workshops

YouTube Uploaded by verstaerker on Dec 11, 2011

"video of workshops in Schneidersbuero from 2007 in the old office @ Alexanderplatz"

Micro Patch Synth: VCF1 frequency sweeps

YouTube Uploaded by ArtistEngineer on Dec 11, 2011

"Wow, this was unexpected. I spent the day coding up various ideas for a digital filter effect but most of them were failures. They either used up too much CPU or didn't work at all.

Right at the end of the day it all came together. I reckon this filter is a success and it sounds OK.

I think the filter topology is very similar to a P.I. (Proportional Integral) controller.

The output of the filter is controlled by the difference between the current input and the previous output. i.e. the error term.

I sum the error term and add it into the mix and this is what gives it the resonance. The output "hunts" around the input and overshoots. It looks like resonance, and sounds like resonance, so it probably is.

Strangely enough though, my resonance control appears to be a better cut-off parameter than the supposed cut-off parameter. Hmm ... I will have to look into that.

I should also add a logarithmic curve on the resonance CV so it has better resolution at the low end."

Micro Patch Synth: Resonance experiment

YouTube Uploaded by ArtistEngineer on Dec 11, 2011

"I was playing around with different ways to implement a simple low pass filter in software. I added an "inertia" parameter to the filter and this is what I got.

I thought that I had better document the results.

It shows promise, but it obviously has some flaws.

In this demo I vary the "inertia" amount, the cut-off frequency, and the input frequency. At the end I switch on the arpeggiator and play around a bit."

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